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Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:35 am

hm, i'll give ardour a spin. been a while

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:48 am

Actually I was forced to Logic back then because Ardour didn't talk to my hardware...
It has made huge steps forward since... You can chat directly with the devs and get fast help if needed... Harrison Mixbus which is based on Ardour also has its fan base...

CoolColJ · Post by **CoolColJ** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:30 pm

So far it would have to be BitWig studio after I upgraded my 8 track license to 2.4

Background VST scanning while you work!
Fast loading and closing of projects
Just smooth sailing

All others have some super long VST scanning, some plugs not showing up even though they're in the freaking folder, or blacklisting plugs that work just fine....long load times etc etc
Clunky workflows and UI...

Reaper and FL studio tied for second for different reasons
can't beat FL studio for getting a song idea down fast

xbitz · Post by **xbitz** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:44 pm

"Reaper and FL studio tied for second for different reasons
can't beat FL studio for getting a song idea down fast"

I like S1 with MUX is better, IMO MUX better than Patcher in FL and both ScratchPad, Chordstrack are missing from Reaper to me... furthermore (strictly IMO) Scratchpad (with the patterns) in S1 has better concept than the Channel Rack in FL for generating song ideas (especially because it can be used with the Chordstrack) so

without MUX S1 would be same as FL without Patcher ... but with it ...

I like FL, AL, Bitwig too but their feature set or arranger or piano roll or ... is a bit limited (ofc modulation in BWS is unbeatable, M4L, Push , warping are supercool in AL etc. ) compared to S1

CoolColJ · Post by **CoolColJ** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:43 am

Well S1 v4 has given me a lot of issues re plugins and is so slow at scanning....

zzz00m · Post by **zzz00m** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:04 pm

CoolColJ wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:43 am Well S1 v4 has given me a lot of issues re plugins and is so slow at scanning....

I guess that's why S1 is only in 5th place in the poll (nearly tied for 3rd with Logic, Bitwig, and Cubase).

P.S. I don't think that is a widespread problem.

CoolColJ · Post by **CoolColJ** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:29 pm

zzz00m wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:04 pm
CoolColJ wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:43 am Well S1 v4 has given me a lot of issues re plugins and is so slow at scanning....
I guess that's why S1 is only in 5th place in the poll (nearly tied for 3rd with Logic, Bitwig, and Cubase).

P.S. I don't think that is a widespread problem.

Well it won't load the last PC version of Alchemy, whereas Reaper and FL studio do it just fine.
Plus it's boot up time is really slow, and just getting into a blank song.

So all things being equal, it just doesn't cut it for me

zzz00m · Post by **zzz00m** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:18 pm

CoolColJ wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:29 pm
zzz00m wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:04 pm
CoolColJ wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:43 am Well S1 v4 has given me a lot of issues re plugins and is so slow at scanning....
I guess that's why S1 is only in 5th place in the poll (nearly tied for 3rd with Logic, Bitwig, and Cubase).

P.S. I don't think that is a widespread problem.
Plus it's boot up time is really slow, and just getting into a blank song.

So all things being equal, it just doesn't cut it for me

2004 just called and wants it's PC back...

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:24 am

It's interesting to see the numbers after a week or two. I'd have thought FL Studio would have been doing much better and I'm surprised at the popularity of Bitwig.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:28 am

CoolColJ wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:29 pm
zzz00m wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:04 pm
CoolColJ wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:43 am Well S1 v4 has given me a lot of issues re plugins and is so slow at scanning....
I guess that's why S1 is only in 5th place in the poll (nearly tied for 3rd with Logic, Bitwig, and Cubase).

P.S. I don't think that is a widespread problem.
Well it won't load the last PC version of Alchemy, whereas Reaper and FL studio do it just fine.
Plus it's boot up time is really slow, and just getting into a blank song.

So all things being equal, it just doesn't cut it for me

Startup isn't slow at all here... to which DAW are you comparing its startup time? It's definitely a lot quicker to boot up than Cubase.

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:29 am

BONES wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:24 am It's interesting to see the numbers after a week or two. I'd have thought FL Studio would have been doing much better and I'm surprised at the popularity of Bitwig.

Indeed.

mike_the_ranger · Post by **mike_the_ranger** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:04 am

Still Pro Tools.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:22 am

You and only 8 other people out of 355.

CoolColJ · Post by **CoolColJ** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:31 am

chk071 wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:28 am
CoolColJ wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:29 pm
zzz00m wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:04 pm
CoolColJ wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:43 am Well S1 v4 has given me a lot of issues re plugins and is so slow at scanning....
I guess that's why S1 is only in 5th place in the poll (nearly tied for 3rd with Logic, Bitwig, and Cubase).

P.S. I don't think that is a widespread problem.
Well it won't load the last PC version of Alchemy, whereas Reaper and FL studio do it just fine.
Plus it's boot up time is really slow, and just getting into a blank song.

So all things being equal, it just doesn't cut it for me
Startup isn't slow at all here... to which DAW are you comparing its startup time? It's definitely a lot quicker to boot up than Cubase.

30+ secs for Studio 4 here off SSD for me

3 secs for FL Studio, 5-7 secs for Reaper

zzz00m · Post by **zzz00m** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:13 am

CoolColJ wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:31 am
30+ secs for Studio 4 here off SSD for me

You have something else going on there then. It starts up for me in about 8 secs, and I have about 500 plugins to scan.

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